Oscar songs to take the stage

A competitive field awaits the song category at the upcoming Oscars and each will be performed on the show come March 2.

To make sure the headlines kept coming, the key was not to announce them all at the same time, but let it trickle out. First came news that Pharrell Williams would perform, then Idina Menzel, U2, and finally Karen 0.

Once again, this looks to be a very competitive field with "Let it Go" and "Ordinary Love" battling it out for the win. If emotion carries the day, it would lean toward U2. If pure entertainment and popularity wins out, then it is Menzel. Note, this award goes to the songwriter and not the singer, so Bone and company would head to the stage, while Menzel would not. She could go up, of course, just not take home a statue.

"Ordinary Love" won the Golden Globe.

This category has some controversy along the way when one nominee got the boot. “Alone Yet Not Alone,” with music by Bruce Broughton, was disqualified after he sent out emails to branch members highlighting his song and asking for them to listen and vote for it. In a nutshell, when a nomination goes out each eligible song is listed only by title and the name of the film in which it is used. It also omits composer and lyricist credits from the DVD of eligible songs.

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In 1979, Tim was given an assignment to cover the Rush concert at the old Chicago Stadium. After the review was published, he never stopped. Sure, that was just an assignment for his high school paper, "The Barblet," but it sent him on a path that would take him to the Red Carpet in Hollywood. In college he was the editor of his own magazine called "Fridays," among other duties (at The Daily Vidette, ISU), from 1983-1986. After a stint in Hollywood, he returned to Illinois to work for Sauk Valley Newspapers in Dixon, Illinois and created its magazine "The Big E," an entertainment publication, from 1993-2006. He even started his own called "Have Fun!" Today, along with a Midday radio gig from 10 a.m.-Noon on AM 1240 WSDR, based in Sterling, Illinois, he still finds himself on the entertainment beat.He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications from Illinois State University. His work can be found at www.obriennewsservice.